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According to Forbes, some companies are coordinating their workforce as they simultaneously embrace artificial intelligence and automation.
Over the weekend, the outlet reported that Duolingo, UPS, Klarna, Cisco and Inuit are some of the companies that demonstrated the trend.
Duolingo recently said it is working towards “AI-First,” CEO, who outlines various measures that will help him achieve that with a company-wide message published by each Forbes.
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In his message, Von Ahn said Duolingo “will gradually stop using contractors to do what AI can handle,” and that personnel are “only given if the team can’t automate more work.” According to the message, when you employ performance reviews and perform performance reviews, the ability of people using AI will also be part of what the company is considering.
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The CEO said that the “AI-First” move focuses on “bottleneck removal,” so instead of “replacing DUS with AI,” we can do more with the outstanding duo we have.”
UPS has approximately 20,000 employees with AX, the company announced in late April.
Forbes said UPS does not take AI directly on behalf of its employees, but the company is working to improve efficiency through more automation and AI tools.
The biggest customers, UPS and Amazon, agreed in January that the e-commerce giant would cut package volume by more than 50% with UPS.
According to Forbes, Klarna has been leaning towards AI More in recent years using it for customer service, transaction processing and other features.


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CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has said in the past that certain human work functions can be performed by AI.
Last February, the company said the AI ​​chatbot that it launched could work as 700 full-time agents.
According to Forbes, AI has enabled Klarna to have less workforce.
Last fall, the Cisco system began restructuring to allow it to invest in AI, cybersecurity and other growth areas, the outlet reported. When announcing the restructuring, the company said in a SEC submission that the move “helps more efficiency in its business.”
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As part of the restructuring, approximately 7% of the company’s workers have lost their jobs.
Cisco has put artificial intelligence in its network management and customer support systems, Forbes reports.
Meanwhile, Intuit announced layoffs of 1,800 workers last July as part of a restructuring to boost investment in artificial intelligence, according to the outlet.
CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the reorganization will allow the reorganization to “allocate additional investments to the most important areas,” according to a company-wide email included in the SEC filing at the time.
The company has identified AI-powered tools it offers as some of the initiatives it wants to put more money into, Forbes reported.


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At the same time, Goodarzi said Intuit will hire 1,800 new people “in roles primarily for engineering, product and customer-oriented” to support the growth field.
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